Week 5 and we encounter our first Ghost on the Highway. From 1981's Fire of Love the debut album by The Gun Club featuring the late great Jeffrey Lee Pierce. As SWC would have it an essential album. Every home should have one
Every home should also have Rockin' From the Roots - A Hightone Record Anthology .One of the artists featured is the great Rosie Flores with the song Blue Highway. If you ever find yourself in Austin on August 31st raise a glass to Rosie as it is designated as Rosie Flores Day. (I may stow that away for a future post)
Finally another two artists who should have designated days. Here is Steve Earle with the title song from Highway Butterfly: The Songs of Neal Casal . Sadly Neal took his own life in August 2019 aged just 50.
Highway Butterfly has 41 acts interpreting Neal's songs with any proceeds going to the Neal Casal Music Foundation created to inspire future musicians and to provide mental health support to musicians "already on the path" A worthy cause as I'm sure you will agree.
We will be rolling on down the highway again next Sunday
A fine selection CC. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteClearly I need to investigate The Gun Club. (And by typing that, I wonder if I've been flagged by MI5?)
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